Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
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Referenced Verses
- Amos 8:10 : 10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; And I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, And baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, And the end of it like a bitter day.
- Jas 4:9-9 : 9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
- Jer 25:10 : 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Amos 6:4-7 : 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, And stretch themselves on their couches, And eat the lambs out of the flock, And the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 Who drink wine in bowls, And anoint themselves with the best oils; But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; And the feasting and lounging will end.
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13 The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
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16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
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7 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
8 The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
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10 Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: nobody shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.
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31 Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
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11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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16 Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
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12 The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men.
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11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
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13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, And mirth may end in heaviness.
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9 For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
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8 Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
9 The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
10 The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, And the oil languishes.
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33 Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
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9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; But an aching heart breaks the spirit.
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4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
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34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
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18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
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10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
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17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
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5 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.
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20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
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4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
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2 On the willows in the midst of it, We hung up our harps.
3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
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14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
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11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, As are the thoughts of my heart.
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15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
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2 Judah mourns, and the gates of it languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitudes are parched with thirst.
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4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
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5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth.
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4 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
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12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
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15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, For as many years as we have seen evil.
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18 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
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10 She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.